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Japan Expects Record 115-T.-Yen Draft Budget for FY 2025

Japan Expects Record 115-T.-Yen Draft Budget for FY 2025

   Tokyo, Dec. 25 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government is expected to adopt a draft state budget for fiscal 2025 with record general-account spending of around 115.5 trillion yen, sources said Wednesday.
   Debt-servicing expenses for the year from next April are also seen hitting a record high, as the government plans to raise the assumed interest rate for its debt servicing to around 2.0 pct on higher long-term interest rates that followed the Bank of Japan's interest rate hikes.
   Also, costs related to social security and defense will be the highest ever.
   The draft budget, to be approved at a cabinet meeting Friday, would exceed 110 trillion yen for three years in a row on a regular budget basis.
   The fiscal 2024 initial budget included general-account spending of 112,571.7 billion yen, posting the first drop in 12 years. However, the fiscal 2025 budget would exceed the record high of 114,381.2 billion yen under the fiscal 2023 budget.

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